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or_o citizen_n or_o servant_n all_o the_o rest_n be_v mercenary_a or_o auxiliary_a and_o the_o manner_n how_o to_o order_v those_o well_o be_v easy_a to_o find_v out_o if_o those_o order_n above_o name_v by_o i_o shall_v be_v but_o run_v over_o and_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v but_o consider_v how_o philip_n alexander_n the_o great_a his_o father_n and_o in_o what_o manner_n many_o republic_n and_o prince_n have_v arm_v and_o appoint_v themselves_o to_o which_o appointment_n i_o refer_v myself_o whole_o chap._n fourteen_o what_o belong_v to_o the_o prince_n touch_v military_a discipline_n a_o prince_n than_o ought_v to_o have_v no_o other_o aim_n nor_o other_o thought_n nor_o take_v any_o thing_n else_o for_o his_o proper_a art_n but_o war_n and_o the_o order_n and_o discipline_n thereof_o for_o that_o be_v the_o sole_a art_n
his_o horse_n be_v no_o flatterer_n will_v show_v he_o he_o make_v no_o difference_n between_o he_o and_o another_o man_n and_o unless_o he_o keep_v his_o seate-well_a will_v lay_v he_o on_o the_o ground_n this_o be_v plain_a deal_n man_n be_v more_o subtle_a more_o double_a heatred_n they_o have_v a_o heart_n &_o a_o heart_n neither_o be_v their_o tongue_n their_o heart_n true_a interpreter_n counsel_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v like_o deep_a water_n but_o a_o man_n of_o understanding_n will_v draw_v it_o out_o prov._n 20.5_o this_o understanding_n be_v most_o requisite_a in_o a_o prince_n inasmuch_o as_o the_o whole_a globe_n be_v in_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o inferior_a orb_n be_v sway_v by_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o high_a and_o therefore_o sure_o it_o be_v the_o honour_n of_o a_o king_n to_o search_v out_o such_o a_o secret_a prov._n 25.2_o his_o counselor_n be_v his_o eye_n and_o ear_n as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v dear_a to_o he_o so_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v true_a to_o he_o and_o make_v he_o the_o true_a report_n of_o thing_n without_o disguise_n if_o they_o prove_v false_a eye_n let_v he_o pluck_v they_o out_o he_o may_v as_o they_o use_v glass_n eye_n take_v they_o forth_o without_o pain_n and_o see_v never_o a_o whit_n the_o worse_a for_o it_o the_o wisdom_n of_o a_o prince_n counselor_n be_v a_o great_a argument_n of_o the_o prince_n wisdom_n and_o be_v the_o choice_n of_o they_o import_v the_o prince_n credit_n and_o safety_n our_o author_n will_v make_v he_o amends_o for_o his_o other_o error_n by_o his_o good_a advice_n in_o his_o 22._o chap._n whether_o i_o refer_v he_o chap._n xxiv_o wherefore_o the_o prince_n of_o italy_n have_v lose_v their_o state_n when_o these_o thing_n above_o say_v be_v well_o observe_v they_o make_v a_o new_a prince_n seem_v as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v of_o old_a and_o present_o render_v he_o more_o secure_a and_o firm_a in_o the_o state_n than_o if_o he_o have_v already_o grow_v ancient_a therein_o for_o a_o 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lose_v it_o and_o if_o we_o shall_v consider_v those_o lord_n that_o in_o italy_n have_v lose_v their_o state_n in_o our_o day_n as_o the_o king_n of_o naples_n the_o duke_n of_o milan_n and_o other_o first_o we_o shall_v find_v in_o they_o a_o common_a defect_n touch_v their_o arm_n for_o the_o reason_n which_o have_v be_v above_o discourse_v at_o length_n afterward_o we_o shall_v see_v some_o of_o they_o that_o either_o shall_v have_v have_v the_o people_n for_o their_o enemy_n or_o be_v it_o they_o have_v the_o people_n to_o friend_n can_v never_o know_v how_o to_o assure_v themselves_o of_o the_o great_a one_o for_o without_o such_o defect_n as_o these_o state_n be_v not_o lose_v which_o have_v so_o many_o nerve_n that_o they_o be_v able_a to_o maintain_v a_o army_n in_o the_o field_n philip_n of_o macedon_n not_o the_o father_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a but_o he_o that_o be_v vanquish_v by_o titus_n quintius_n have_v not_o much_o state_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o of_o greece_n that_o assail_v he_o nevertheless_o in_o that_o he_o be_v a_o warlike_a man_n and_o know_v how_o to_o entertain_v the_o people_n and_o assure_v himself_o of_o the_o noble_n for_o many_o year_n he_o make_v the_o war_n good_a against_o they_o and_o though_o at_o last_o some_o town_n perhaps_o be_v take_v from_o he_o yet_o the_o kingdom_n remain_v in_o his_o hand_n still_o wherefore_o these_o our_o prince_n who_o for_o many_o year_n have_v continue_v in_o their_o principality_n for_o have_v afterward_o lose_v they_o let_v they_o not_o blame_v fortune_n but_o their_o own_o sloth_n because_o they_o never_o have_v think_v during_o the_o time_n of_o quiet_a that_o they_o can_v suffer_v a_o change_n which_o be_v the_o common_a fault_n of_o man_n while_o fair_a weather_n last_v not_o to_o provide_v for_o the_o tempest_n when_o afterward_o mischief_n come_v upon_o they_o think_v rather_o upon_o fly_v from_o they_o than_o upon_o their_o defence_n and_o hope_v that_o the_o people_n weary_a of_o the_o vanquisher_n insolence_n will_v recall_v they_o which_o course_n when_o the_o other_o fail_v be_v good_a but_o very_o ill_o be_v it_o to_o leave_v the_o other_o remedy_n for_o that_o for_o a_o man_n wouâ—d_v never_o go_v to_o shall_fw-mi believe_v another_o will_v come_v to_o take_v he_o up_o which_o may_v either_o not_o come_v to_o pass_v or_o if_o it_o do_v it_o be_v not_o for_o thy_o security_n because_o that_o defence_n of_o he_o be_v vile_a and_o depend_v not_o upon_o thou_o but_o those_o defence_n only_o be_v good_a certain_a and_o durable_a which_o depend_v upon_o thy_o own_o self_n and_o thy_o own_o virtue_n chap._n xxv_o how_o great_a power_n fortune_n have_v in_o humane_a affair_n and_o what_o mean_v there_o be_v to_o resist_v it_o it_o be_v not_o unknown_a unto_o i_o how_o that_o many_o have_v hold_v opinion_n and_o still_o hold_v it_o that_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o world_n be_v so_o govern_v by_o fortune_n and_o by_o god_n that_o man_n by_o their_o wisdom_n can_v a_o mend_v or_o alter_v they_o or_o rather_o that_o there_o be_v no_o remedy_n for_o they_o and_o hereupon_o they_o will_v think_v that_o it_o be_v of_o no_o avail_n to_o take_v much_o pain_n in_o any_o thing_n but_o leave_v all_o to_o be_v govern_v by_o chance_n this_o opinion_n have_v gain_v the_o more_o credit_n in_o our_o day_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o great_a alteration_n of_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v of_o late_o see_v and_o do_v every_o day_n see_v beyond_o all_o humane_a conjecture_n upon_o which_o i_o sometime_o think_v be_o in_o some_o part_n incline_v to_o their_o opinion_n nevertheless_o not_o to_o extinguish_v quite_o our_o own_o free_a will_n i_o think_v it_o may_v be_v true_a that_o fortune_n be_v the_o mistress_n of_o one_o half_a of_o our_o action_n but_o yet_o that_o she_o let_v we_o have_v rule_n of_o the_o other_o half_a or_o little_o less_o and_o i_o liken_v she_o to_o a_o precipitous_a torrent_n which_o when_o it_o rage_v 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be_v the_o seat_n of_o these_o change_n and_o that_o which_o have_v give_v they_o their_o motion_n you_o shall_v see_v it_o to_o be_v a_o plain_a field_n without_o any_o trench_n or_o bank_n which_o have_v it_o be_v fence_v with_o convenient_a virtue_n as_o be_v germany_n spain_n or_o france_n this_o inundation_n will_v never_o have_v cause_v these_o great_a alteration_n it_o have_v oâ—_n else_o will_v it_o not_o have_v reach_v to_o we_o and_o this_o shall_v suffice_v to_o have_v say_v touch_v the_o oppose_a of_o fortune_n in_o general_n but_o restrain_v myself_o more_o to_o particular_n i_o say_v â—hat_n to_o day_n we_o see_v a_o prince_n prosper_v and_o flourish_v and_o to_o morrow_n utter_o go_v to_o ruin_v not_o see_v that_o he_o have_v